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sheshe2

(83,731 posts)
Sun May 11, 2014, 10:25 PM May 2014

Woman Made From Iron

By Mohadesa Najumi

Dedicated to my mother.



They try to shrink you.

Tame you.

Convince you that all your rage is a product of your own deficiencies and not theirs.

They tell you to cover up. Sink in. Become invisible so they won’t have to come eye to eye with your iron.

Your flesh is criminalized.

Your hips weigh down on them as though every inch of you is a natural disaster looming.

They rather see you grow inwards.

They treat you as if you don’t deserve to take up space.

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Woman Made From Iron (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2014 OP
I love it. Bravo. And amazing image there. SummerSnow May 2014 #1
I don't know if this makes any sense, but it came to me whilst reading this intaglio May 2014 #2

intaglio

(8,170 posts)
2. I don't know if this makes any sense, but it came to me whilst reading this
Mon May 12, 2014, 03:11 AM
May 2014

No fine dressed man
can claim to know the pain
of women silenced.
His sharing heart is set apart
from hers by hidden gags.

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